Interest in Different Languages
Discover 'Interest' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Interest
Afrikaans belangstelling | ||
Albanian interesi | ||
Amharic ፍላጎት | ||
Arabic فائدة | ||
Armenian հետաքրքրություն | ||
Assamese সুত | ||
Aymara munaña | ||
Azerbaijani maraq | ||
Bambara nafa | ||
Basque interesa | ||
Belarusian цікавасць | ||
Bengali স্বার্থ | ||
Bhojpuri सूद | ||
Bosnian kamata | ||
Bulgarian лихва | ||
Catalan interès | ||
Cebuano interes | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 利益 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 利益 | ||
Corsican interessu | ||
Croatian interes | ||
Czech zájem | ||
Danish interesse | ||
Dhivehi ޝަޢުޤު | ||
Dogri दिलचस्पी | ||
Dutch interesseren | ||
English interest | ||
Esperanto intereso | ||
Estonian huvi | ||
Ewe didi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) interes | ||
Finnish kiinnostuksen kohde | ||
French l'intérêt | ||
Frisian rinte | ||
Galician interese | ||
Georgian ინტერესი | ||
German interesse | ||
Greek ενδιαφέρον | ||
Guarani virumemby | ||
Gujarati રસ | ||
Haitian Creole enterè | ||
Hausa sha'awa | ||
Hawaiian hoihoi | ||
Hebrew ריבית | ||
Hindi ब्याज | ||
Hmong paj | ||
Hungarian érdeklődés | ||
Icelandic áhugi | ||
Igbo mmasị | ||
Ilocano interes | ||
Indonesian bunga | ||
Irish leas | ||
Italian interesse | ||
Japanese 興味 | ||
Javanese kapentingan | ||
Kannada ಆಸಕ್ತಿ | ||
Kazakh қызығушылық | ||
Khmer ចំណាប់អារម្មណ៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda inyungu | ||
Konkani रुची | ||
Korean 관심 | ||
Krio bisin | ||
Kurdish zem | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) حەز | ||
Kyrgyz пайыздык | ||
Lao ຄວາມສົນໃຈ | ||
Latin rem | ||
Latvian interese | ||
Lingala likebi | ||
Lithuanian palūkanų | ||
Luganda obwagazi | ||
Luxembourgish interesséieren | ||
Macedonian интерес | ||
Maithili सूद | ||
Malagasy mahaliana | ||
Malay minat | ||
Malayalam താൽപ്പര്യം | ||
Maltese interess | ||
Maori paanga | ||
Marathi व्याज | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯟꯗꯣꯏ | ||
Mizo duhzawng | ||
Mongolian хүү | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကျိုးစီးပွား | ||
Nepali चासो | ||
Norwegian renter | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chidwi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆଗ୍ରହ | ||
Oromo fedhii | ||
Pashto علاقه | ||
Persian علاقه | ||
Polish zainteresowanie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) interesse | ||
Punjabi ਦਿਲਚਸਪੀ | ||
Quechua munay | ||
Romanian interes | ||
Russian интерес | ||
Samoan tului | ||
Sanskrit अभिरुचिः | ||
Scots Gaelic ùidh | ||
Sepedi kgahlego | ||
Serbian камата | ||
Sesotho thahasello | ||
Shona kufarira | ||
Sindhi فائدي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උනන්දුව | ||
Slovak úrok | ||
Slovenian obresti | ||
Somali xiisaha | ||
Spanish interesar | ||
Sundanese karesep | ||
Swahili hamu | ||
Swedish intressera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) interes | ||
Tajik фоиз | ||
Tamil ஆர்வம் | ||
Tatar кызыксыну | ||
Telugu ఆసక్తి | ||
Thai น่าสนใจ | ||
Tigrinya ወለድ | ||
Tsonga tsakela | ||
Turkish faiz | ||
Turkmen göterim | ||
Twi (Akan) mfasoɔ | ||
Ukrainian інтерес | ||
Urdu دلچسپی | ||
Uyghur ئۆسۈم | ||
Uzbek qiziqish | ||
Vietnamese quan tâm | ||
Welsh diddordeb | ||
Xhosa inzala | ||
Yiddish אינטערעס | ||
Yoruba anfani | ||
Zulu inzalo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "belangstelling" ultimately derives from "stellen" or "stellen" in Middle Dutch or "stellen" (to set up) in Old High German. |
| Albanian | The word "interesi" in Albanian can also refer to "concern" or "regard for something or someone." |
| Amharic | The word ፍላጎት is derived from the verb ፍለግ, meaning "to desire" or "to seek". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "فائدة" can also refer to a benefit, advantage, or utility. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "maraq" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Arabic word "marāq (مَرَاق)", meaning "curiosity, desire, or eagerness," and is also used to refer to "income" or "profit" in some contexts. |
| Basque | The word "interesa" in Basque, meaning "interest," can also be spelled "enteresea" to mean "concern, care; attention, thought, consideration, regard." |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "цікавасць" is derived from the verb "цікавіцца" meaning "to be interested in" and also has the meaning of "curiosity". |
| Bengali | It can also mean self-interestedness or personal gain, but has a nuanced meaning beyond financial interest alone |
| Bosnian | The word "kamata" can refer to other concepts as well, such as "gain" or "profit" |
| Bulgarian | The word "лихва" derives from a Slavic root meaning both "growth" and "usury" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | Catalan "interès" can also refer to a specific amount of time one has been involved with a topic. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'interes' also means 'business' or 'affair'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese "利益" derives from "利", a tool used to reap rice, which represents financial profit but is often extended to include personal, cultural, and political advantages. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 利益 (lìyì) can also mean "benefit" or "advantage." |
| Corsican | "Interessu" derives from Latin "inter-esse", but can also mean "matter, concern, engagement, participation". |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "interes" also means "passion, involvement, or participation." |
| Czech | The word "zájem" also has the meaning of "concern" or "engagement" in Czech. |
| Danish | In Danish, "interesse" can also mean "concern" or "relevance". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "interesseren" is derived from the Latin word "interesse," which means "to be present or concerned with. |
| Esperanto | "Intereso" also refers to a part of a sum which is to be repaid to a creditor along with the sum borrowed (known as "principal") but is itself not included in the principal. |
| Estonian | "Huvi" is derived from the Proto-Uralic root "*huwe" and also means "hobby" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | "Kiinnostuksen kohde" (interest) is literally "object of interest" in Finnish. |
| French | The word "l'intérêt" in French can also mean "the advantage" or "the benefit". |
| Frisian | Rinte and rinte are both derived from Old Frisian *rinta meaning "that which is run" and are related to English "rent". |
| Galician | In Galician, "interese" can also refer to a "plot of land". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word ინტერესი derives from the Latin word "interesse", meaning "to be present in" or "to take part in". |
| German | In German, "Interesse" can also mean "sympathy" or "liking". |
| Greek | The term also conveys "what is in between", which may have originally referred to the "interest" in the middle of a deal. |
| Gujarati | "રસ" can also mean "juice", "taste", or "pleasure" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | While "antre" is more frequently used in Haitian Creole, "enterè" (from French "intérêt") is primarily used for bank interest. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word sha'awa can also mean 'desire' or 'inclination'. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "hoihoi" can also mean "to call out" or "to make a noise". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "ריבית" derives from the root "רב" ("increase"), denoting accrual. |
| Hindi | In Hindi, "ब्याज" also means "bias" or "prejudice". |
| Hmong | The word 'paj' in Hmong also means 'share' or 'profit' |
| Hungarian | The word "érdeklődés" comes from the verb "érdekel" (it interests), which derives from the Middle Turkish word "arıklamak" meaning "to seek, to look for". |
| Icelandic | Áhugi can also mean hobby or special interest. |
| Igbo | The word "mmasị" also means "concern" or "importance" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | In Malay, "bunga" also refers to a gift of gratitude, and in Javanese it can additionally mean a flower. |
| Irish | The Irish word "leas" means "care, favour, advantage, benefit" and is also used to refer to a wife. |
| Italian | The Italian word "interesse" also means "affair" or "business". |
| Japanese | "興味" (interest) is used to express a wide range of meanings, from simple curiosity to passionate devotion. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "kapentingan" also denotes "attention," "care," or "concern."} |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಆಸಕ್ತಿ" can also mean "inclination", "curiosity" or "concern". |
| Korean | The word "관심" (interest) in Korean also means "concern" or "attention." |
| Kurdish | In the context of money, zem also refers to the amount of money paid or charged in addition to the principal sum. |
| Kyrgyz | In Persian, "paye" is a loanword from French meaning "pay, stipend" and is also a synonym of "fa'yda" (interest). |
| Latin | The Latin word "rem" can also mean "thing" or "property" and is related to the word "res" meaning "thing". |
| Latvian | The word 'interese' is borrowed from German and can also mean 'hobby', 'concern'. |
| Lithuanian | The word "palūkanų" comes from the root "luk", meaning "to bend", and originally referred to the interest charged on a loan as a form of compensation for the lender's "bending" of his or her wealth. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "интерес" also means "benefit" or "advantage" and is cognate with the English word "interest". |
| Malagasy | In the Malagasy language, the word "mahaliana" can also refer to the interest paid on a loan or investment. |
| Malay | The word "minat" is derived from the Arabic word "minhah" or "niyyat," meaning "intention" or "desire." |
| Maltese | "Interess" in Maltese comes from the Italian "interesse" and also means "aim" or "purpose" |
| Maori | The word "paanga" can also mean "usury". |
| Marathi | "व्याज" also denotes "fraud" and in some contexts also refers to a "false claim" to establish an "injustice" that does not exist. |
| Mongolian | Although хүү primarily means "interest" in Mongolian, it has a secondary usage to refer to a child, which is often used affectionately |
| Nepali | The word "चासो" in Nepali shares its etymology with the Sanskrit word "चास" meaning "desire" or "curiosity" |
| Norwegian | Renter is the Norwegian word for interest (money). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chidwi" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is a compound of "ku-dya" (to eat) and "chi-wi" (something sweet), and also refers to a honeybee. |
| Pashto | علاقه also means "relation" and "attachment" in Pashto. |
| Persian | In addition to its literal meaning of "interest" (such as on a debt), "علاقه" can also mean "relationship" or "tie." |
| Polish | The word "zainteresowanie" is derived from the Latin word "interesse", which means "to be involved in". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "interesse" derives from the Latin "inter-esse", meaning "to be present or involved in", and has come to denote a variety of meanings, including concern, importance, and financial profit. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, the word "ਦਿਲਚਸਪੀ" (dilchaspi) not only means "interest" but also encompasses the concept of "fondness" or "inclination" towards something. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "interes" comes from the Latin word "interesse" which means "to be present between", hence the secondary meaning of "relationship"} |
| Russian | In Russian, "интерес" has an additional meaning of "curiosity". |
| Samoan | The word "tului" can also refer to a loan or debt, or it may be a noun, referring to a creditor. |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic "ùidh" derives from the Old Irish "úas, |
| Serbian | The word "камата" can also refer to the usury or profit gained from lending money. |
| Sesotho | The word "thahasello" in Sesotho also means "desire" or "wish". |
| Shona | In some Shona dialects, "kufarira" can also mean "to love" or "to care for". |
| Sindhi | "فائدي" is Sindhi for "interest," but also refers to "benefit" or "profit." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "උනන්දුව" means "interest" in Sinhala. It is derived from the Sanskrit word "उत्कण्ठा" (utkaṇṭhā), which means "eager desire" or "longing". |
| Slovak | The word "úrok" in Slovak also means "harvest" or "yield", highlighting its original connection to agricultural practices. |
| Slovenian | The word "obresti" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *obьrьstъ, meaning "growth" or "profit." |
| Somali | Xiisuhu is also the Somali word for 'flower' or 'nature'. Its use as a synonym for 'interest' can be traced back to the importance of nature and its resources in traditional Somali culture. |
| Spanish | In addition to its monetary sense, 'interesar' can also mean 'to be interesting', stemming from the Latin 'interesse', meaning 'to concern'. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "karesep" can also mean "inclination" or "desire". |
| Swahili | The word "hamu" in Swahili can also refer to "attention" or "concern". |
| Swedish | The word "intressera" in Swedish derives from the Middle Low German "interesse" meaning "matter of concern". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "interes" can also refer to "meaning", "purpose", or "importance", similar to its English derivation from the Latin interest.} |
| Tajik | The word "фоиз" can also mean "percent" or "proportion". |
| Tamil | ஆர்வை அருப்பலியா பாறக்கராதன்னா துதிரு சாலம் போடிய ஒலு என்மு கட்ளு அலிவோம். |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "ఆసక్తి" not only means financial "interest" but also encompasses "attraction," "inclination," and "desire." |
| Thai | The Thai word "น่าสนใจ" (interest) literally means "interesting face". |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "faiz" also means "surplus" or "excess", deriving from the Arabic word "fayz" meaning "abundance" or "overflow". |
| Ukrainian | "Інтерес" comes from the verb "інтиригувати" - "intrigue" |
| Uzbek | The word "qiziqish" is derived from the Persian verb "qiziganidan", meaning "to be heated" or "to be excited". |
| Vietnamese | “Quan tâm” also means “to care for” or “to pay attention to” someone or something. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "diddordeb" has its origins in the phrase "did wrth y deb" or "to come to an end," implying a state of completion or satisfaction. |
| Xhosa | In isiXhosa the word "inzala" comes from the word "zala" meaning "to give birth", referring to the idea of increasing or multiplying. |
| Yiddish | אינטערעס derives from the German "interesse" meaning "participation" and the Latin "interesse" meaning "to be among or between." |
| Yoruba | The word "anfani" in Yoruba, meaning "interest," possibly derives from the Arabic borrowing "fanni," meaning "craft" or "profession." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "inzalo" can also refer to a person's descendants or offspring. |
| English | The word "interest" comes from the Latin "interesse," meaning "to be present or concerned with," and has retained this sense in the modern usage of the term. |